http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 03 Dec 2008 23:02:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43404/panda-bites-student-who-tries-to-cuddle.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA student who tried to hug a panda in China yesterday got some tough love instead, BBC reports. Officials say the man, 20, climbed into the pen of Yang Yang at the Qixing Park zoo to cuddle. But the frightened bear bit him on the arms and legs. "Yang Yang was so cute," the student said later. He underwent surgery and is expected to recover after a few days in hospital.http://www.newser.com/story/43404/panda-bites-student-who-tries-to-cuddle.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 22 Nov 2008 14:37:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39088/china-offers-chicken-soup-for-pandas-stressed-souls.html?refid=rss_all_defaultEven pandas need tender love and chicken soup: Chinese zoo officials have been feeding two 3-year-old cubs the hearty stock to reduce their stress. “Hope” and “Greatness” have been worn out by thousands of tourists clamoring for their attention in central Wuhan during China’s weeklong holiday. “They had been getting less sleep,” one official tells AP, “and they had to run around more.”http://www.newser.com/story/39088/china-offers-chicken-soup-for-pandas-stressed-souls.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 03 Oct 2008 15:57:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36283/atlanta-panda-now-a-2-time-mama.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA giant panda in Zoo Atlanta became a mommy for the second time last night, and a twin might even be on the way, WSB Atlanta reports. Lun Lun gave birth at 10:10pm, the first panda in the US to do so this year. She previously gave birth in 2006. “We are delighted, proud and elated,” the zoo’s president says.http://www.newser.com/story/36283/atlanta-panda-now-a-2-time-mama.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 31 Aug 2008 13:47:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33484/its-raining-baby-pandas-in-china.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFour giant pandas were born within 14 hours of each other at a Chinese breeding center over the weekend, giving a much-needed population boost to the endangered species. Nine-year-old Qiyuan gave birth to twins, and two other 8-year-old pandas each gave birth to a cub in Sichuan province, BBC reports. Only 1,600 giant pandas remain in the wild due to deforestation and rare contact between populations, but 180 are being raised in captivity in China.http://www.newser.com/story/33484/its-raining-baby-pandas-in-china.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 27 Jul 2008 15:06:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32088/tabby-adopts-red-panda-cub.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA newborn red panda rejected by its mother has been adopted by a zookeeper's cat, the BBC reports. The panda and its sibling were first put on an incubator at the Dutch zoo but the tabby cat, who had recently given birth, proved willing to take the kitten-sized panda cubs under her paw. The weaker panda cub died but the other, still nameless, is suckling with the kittens.http://www.newser.com/story/32088/tabby-adopts-red-panda-cub.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 10 Jul 2008 3:35:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30542/national-zoos-panda-preggers.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe National Zoo in DC says panda mother Mei Xiang is showing a spike in hormone levels, a sign that she might be pregnant again. Mei Xiang was artificially inseminated in March with semen from Tian Tian, the zoo's male giant panda. Hormone test results indicate Mei Xiang will either give birth or come to the end of a false pregnancy in late July.http://www.newser.com/story/30542/national-zoos-panda-preggers.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 20 Jun 2008 11:34:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29693/china-mourns-panda-killed-in-earthquake.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWorkers at the Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan province gathered today for the funeral of Mao Mao, a 9-year-old panda killed in the May 12 earthquake. Mao Mao, the mother of five, was one of 64 pandas at the reserve. She died when the river beside her enclosure crushed the walls, and her body wasn't discovered until yesterday, the AP reports.http://www.newser.com/story/29693/china-mourns-panda-killed-in-earthquake.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 10 Jun 2008 14:48:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29408/quake-pandas-delight-beijing.html?refid=rss_all_defaultEight giant pandas shaken by last month's earthquake made their first appearance at the Beijing Zoo yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Huge crowds visited the pandas, who seemed none the worse for wear from the move, planned before the quake to coincide with the Olympics. The zoo expects daily crowds of 100,000 this weekend, five times normal.http://www.newser.com/story/29408/quake-pandas-delight-beijing.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 06 Jun 2008 11:52:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29056/quake-rattled-pandas-get-hugs-bamboo.html?refid=rss_all_defaultZookeepers are helping pandas traumatized by the Sichuan earthquake get back to normal with hugs and games, the Guardian reports. Eight young pandas have been sent to Beijing Zoo and 47 more remain at the Wolong reserve, where the deputy chief said the animals' appetites are back to normal, but warns it will take up to 20 years for the center to fully recover.http://www.newser.com/story/29056/quake-rattled-pandas-get-hugs-bamboo.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 03 Jun 2008 6:49:36 CDT